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In March, parallel to the hosting announcement, activities to build up an IT infrastructure in a data center for the renowned German waste disposal company Schönmackers have been taken up.

After a total of 5 weeks our former internal IT service department and several developers look back on a small sensation. In addition to building the infrastructure within the data center, the migration of an SAP ECC 6 to EhP8 and to an SAP HANA database took place.

On the 08.04.2019 test and production system were handed over to the customer after only 4 weeks of hosting service. With this achievement alone our company has been 4 weeks faster than significantly larger competitors.

After completing the transition to SAP HANA the customer is very satisfied with our company‘s service and the decision „pro PROLOGA“. We have established a reputable reference on the German market with this accomplishment for the renowned German waste disposal company. Now it is time to confirm the trust continuously. In a further step we will realize that by providing a sandbox.

Furthermore, we have proven to ourselves that we are capable of doing even more than consulting or developing with agile working methods.

Bee'ah, the Sharjah Environment Company, is well on its way to becoming one of the world's most digitally advanced waste management companies. The leading environmental service provider in the Arab world is digitizing its processes with the help of software solutions from SAP and PROLOGA. More than 400 vehicles are currently equipped with new OnBoard Scales and RFID –Ident systems connected to Android tablets. For this purpose, SAP Waste and Recycling, in combination with the Add-on from PROLOGA, will be expanded with dedicated APPs, used for real-time monitoring and analysis.

At GITEX (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition), the annual computer and electronics exhibition held in Dubai, Bee'ah presented the first two APPs ("PROLOGA SmartTracker" and "PROLOGA SmartRouteMonitoring") to a broad audience. Both apps provide an impressive overview of the entire fleet of course in real-time.

SAP Waste and Environmental Services Info Day

SAP Waste and Environmental Services Info Day at Walldorf

SAP Waste and Recycling®, the journey continues. SAP invited waste management companies from all over the world to join the industry conference in Walldorf. In scope were the presentation of product innovations based on SAP’s innovation platform S/4 HANA and the exchange of experience with SAP of the participants.

The clear focus was on digitalization of industry processes in the areas of CRM, IoT and S/4 HANA Cloud. The product road map for the next years was highly appreciated as it is reflecting the movements anticipated in the market in the next years. All participants were invited to exchange on their future strategies related to public cloud, on-premise or hybrid cloud scenarios.

During the Break-Out-Session several examples of using the SAP Cloud Platform for innovative new use cases were shown and raised a strong interest to try out the different scenarios. The participants could directly exchange on the different use cases and heavily used this forum to exchange and network.

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SAP to resell industry-specific solution extension as SAP S/4HANA® for waste and recycling by PROLOGA

HALLE, Germany – November 27, 2017 – PROLOGA today announced the extension of a global reseller agreement with SAP (NYSE: SAP) for an industry-specific solution extension for waste and recycling on SAP S/4HANA®. As part of the agreement, SAP will resell the solution as SAP S/4HANA for waste and recycling by PROLOGA. The solution, available now for SAP S/4HANA release 1709 and upwards, provides waste management companies with a tailored and fully integrated industry solution to manage processes around the collection of inbound materials, the treatment of these materials and the handling of the outbound materials.

The solution will provide waste management companies with support for:

• A consistent and industry-specific business process for waste collection and recycling• Management of vehicle, customer service and required human resources • Management of containers and services on customer locations• A central view of a waste disposal contract – where all associated documentation is stored and linked• Management of the daily planning of customer waste-collection orders with an integrated map with real-time integration into on-board units• Better and centralized management of core functions• Full integration with financial and logistics process in SAP S/4HANA • Invoicing based on the logistics completion data, with visibility into the entire lifecycle of a customer contract and reporting functionality• Comprehensive reporting to meet legal requirements in waste collection and recycling processes

The next steps planned for the solution are the further simplification of processes with an end-to-end focus. The starting point is the simplification of the weighing application followed by order entry and completion.

“The availability of the solution extensions for SAP S/4HANA was an important milestone in the successful partnership between PROLOGA and SAP,” said Frank Ehrhoff, head of Customer and Solution Management for PROLOGA. “It enables further joint activities in the industry segment towards a renovated and simplified solution portfolio for the waste management industry.”

The SAP® Waste and Recycling application and the solution extension SAP S/4HANA for waste and recycling by PROLOGA are available now and sold with a new simplified licensing under a single price-list item.

About PROLOGAThe PROLOGA Group consists of software and consulting companies focused on industry-specific software solutions in the energy and natural resource market. Based in Halle (Saale), Germany, we have served our customers since the early 1990’s directly or through our partners and subsidiaries. In recent decades, our core team has built knowledge in several markets all over the world assisting small and midsize businesses as well as global players, including some of the largest energy and waste companies in Europe, North and Latin America, Asia, Africa and Australia.

Together with SAP, we provide solutions for electricity, gas and water companies, optimizing their meter-to-cash processes or managing their smart meter installations. PROLOGA is also an SAP partner and supports the solution management and development for the SAP Waste and Recycling applications. In this partnership, PROLOGA always develops its solutions on the latest SAP technology, providing solutions today on-premise as well as in the cloud environments provided by SAP.

Having built this relationship over more than a decade, PROLOGA today has several items on SAP’s global price list. With these components, our customers service millions of their customers worldwide, including approximately 25 million customers in Brazil. PROLOGA’s relationship with SAP as an outsourcing and reselling partner has shaped us as a company since 2009 and steadily poses new challenges, which we have gladly accepted and will continue to accept in the future.

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PROLOGA has once again played an active role as a sponsor of the International Conference for Utilities in Lisbon

PROLOGA has once again played an active role as a sponsor of the International Conference for Utilities in Lisbon.

The event was entitled „The Next Generation Digital Utility“ and was, starting with the workshops on Tuesday until the last presentation on Thursday a great event from which PROLOGA could gain an invaluable experience. As a result, we strengthened our partnerships within the SAP community.

SAP showed many exciting showcases. Interesting presentations were held by SAP, partners and PROLOGA. The focus was on topics such as “Transition to S4/H”, “Cloud for Energy” and “SAP Hybris”.

PROLOGA participated in a workshop called “Enterprise Mobility for Utilities – An Update View” by Miquel Carbo and Robert Straubinger from SAP. In this workshop the latest developments in mobile meter reading and on-site billing were presented. PROLOGA also supported a “Business Interactive Track”. The lecture called “Business Process Optimization and Mobility Adaption in the Water Distribution Sector” was presented by Mohammed Jebbar, BC Skills and Mohammed Rhalloussi, ONEE Water.

ONEE Water, alreaddy a customer opf PROLOGA, is using our meter reading and on-site billing solution successfully. More information about ONNE Water can you see on our news pages or here!

Special highlight was the evening event held in the beautiful center of Lisbon. During the delicious, traditional Portuguese meal, PROLOGA was able to exchange ideas with new and old acquaintances of the industry.

The event was a full success. Not only because of the quality of the presentations and workshops but it was also very inspiring and valuable for all those working in the utilities sector. We are already looking forward to the next International SAP Conference!

Promising partnership with EOH WFM Solutions

Promising partnership with EOH WFM Solutions, South Africa

Just as with any good partnership and any other project, preparation is the most important thing. PROLOGA gave a first overview of the "SAP Mobile On-Site Billing for SAP Utilities by PROLOGA" product and architecture in a 2-week training at EOH WFM Solutions, headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

About EOH WFM Solutions - Company formerly known as About Time Software:

EOH WFM Solutions has a long history of delivering Workforce Management Solutions, with the core team having been involved in Enterprise Mobility since 1996. With that background EOH has successfully deployed Mobility and Service Scheduling systems in industries such as Utilities, IT Services, Home Services and Telecommunications. EOH supports a number of best of breed Workforce Management platforms.

The global partnership with PROLOGA is important for EOH on a number of levels:

Since PROLOGA’s utilities solutions have this tight level of integration into SAP ISU as well as the number of SAP worldwide clients successfully using PROLOGAs toolset, it supports the strong partnership between EOH and SAP globally;

The solution is flexible and allows EOH the ability to customize some aspects as part of a broader project delivery to the customer. This provides for regional and local adaption of the mobile solution, for example multi-language support.

Feedback from Stuart Jack (Director at EOH WFM Solutions) about the training:

“I’m comfortable with what has been achieved thus far with the training.

I do believe we will need to enhance the knowledge transfer to our Solution Architects on the Meter Deployment, with specific attention to projects that EOH is already involved in.

In this regard we’ll do further planning on this in the coming weeks, and it may require a combination of specialist product training at PROLOGA offices and/or involving of PROLOGA on a consulting basis as needed …”

What does Stuart Jack (Director at EOH WFM Solutions) say about our partnership?

“I would like to see two-way collaboration with PROLOGA globally, in so much as EOH has a global delivery team and operates across multiple countries and regions.

This will extend the delivery capabilities in new geographies and allow EOH to cross train further delivery resources at our various offices…”

PROLOGA thinks that we were able to win a strong and globally acting partner with EOH. We are looking forward to the cooperation and the first projects with EOH.

SAP® Cloud Platform Certification

One who does not change with the times, is changed by the times!

For CIOs, digital transformation will continue to be the guiding theme in 2017 and in the coming years. But what does this really mean?

It’s about technically illustrating existing processes without IT support and linking separate digitized business processes together.

Companies increasingly face the question of how to expand their existing and tested systems to keep pace with ever-shorter innovation cycles and to introduce new processes as fast as possible.

PROLOGA proved the SAP® Cloud Platform as a potential innovation engine for the digitization of business processes and an accelerated provision for new functions within of these processes. In addition to a short development cycle, PROLOGA’s self-imposed goal was the least possible impact of the innovations on the core systems.

With this aim, PROLOGA created a mobile client for waste collection using the industrial solution SAP® Waste and Recycling and SAP® Mobile Order Management by PROLOGA. The mobile solution enables electronic transmission of work orders to mobile employees, documentation of service quality, recording of feedback data for performance calculation as well as recording working time of the involved. After the end of a day’s work, the recorded working hours can be transferred to SAP® Success Factor and processed there according to internal business requirements. The application is generally available after successful certification by the SAP ICC (SAP Integration and Certification Center).

Due to our experience with such technologies, further Cloud-Platform-Solutions in the area of SAP® for Utilities and SAP® Waste and Recycling in development and planning!

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European Utility Week in Barcelona

European Utility Week in Barcelona

We successfully participated in European Utility Week 2015 in Vienna. We will introduce and present our latest developments in the utility industry at the SAP stand during European Utility Week 2016 in Barcelona.

This year our focus is on using the SAP HANA Cloud Platform and the preparation for our client lead-in for working with S/4 HANA.

Both topics will be the center point of SAP’s strategy for the future. While concentrating on essential digital core functions, the SAP HANA Cloud Platform will be an important foundation for the expansion of S4/HANA. By introducing this change to the enhancement concept and the prospective ERP release, we present our new cloud solution for balancing group monitoring for SAP IS-U clients in the electricity and gas sectors. With a compact implementation effort, we support our customers who continue their own strategies for digitalizing business processes.

With the development of S4/HANA and a user interface change-over in SAP Fiori, we announced one of the most known and used Customer Interaction Center functions. The challenge for most of our customers consists of reflecting their front office processes. For this reason we presented our Business Process Modeler. This tool supports companies by linking single SAP Fiori applications to a sophisticated yet flexible product for SAP users in back office areas.

The presentation of our latest products through Utility Week generates interest with customers and our partner, SAP. During this event we held some interesting conversations with existing clients and established new contacts.

App for Bulky Waste at the Wirtschaftsbetriebe Duisburg

App for Bulky Waste is Live at the Wirtschaftsbetriebe Duisburg (AöR)

The PROLOGA GmbH Company expands its SAP® Mobile Order Management for Waste and Recycling product with another mobile application. Proven product functions from the commercial disposal branch were transferred to the Wirtschaftsbetriebe Duisburg (WBD) with a focus on local waste collection and management.

For bulky waste collection with the WBD, it was necessary to print the order lists from the organization software. As with most other local companies, returned information (like the date, working time or deviations from the commission) was also recorded. To digitalize this process and to reduce paper costs, the WBD published a tender in 2015. Its goal: depict the disposal process and document service quality. Thanks to our longstanding experience with SAP® Waste and Recycling and our expertise in mobile applications, PROLOGA was able to win this tender.

Together with the WBD, we developed the SAP® Mobile Order Management for Waste and Recycling product to enhance and customize the bulky waste order process for them. After a one-month test phase, the WBD has been successfully using this solution for scrap and bulky waste disposal since July 1, 2016.

From now on, this product ensures that the bulky waste disposal process with its requisite collection times and routes will be documented with collection area photos. The application makes it possible to record the cleanliness before and after the refuse pick-up process. The WBD is thereby in a position to guarantee a quality of service for their clients and to contribute to a cleaner city.

By integrating digital maps with the navigation software Maptrip from Infoware, truck drivers can find the optimal way to their collection address. Fuel is thereby conserved and time saved during route preparation and post-processing. The result is a reduced environmental impact.

After successfully introducing the WBD into bulky waste disposal, PROLOGA is now searching for other possible applications for this mobile application.

Student project with the University Halle-Wittenberg

Project internship as part of the bachelor program in computer science at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Design and developing of an SAP® UI5 (HTML5) interface for an existing route and district planning solution

As part of the cooperation with the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg from April 2015 to March 2016 PROLOGA supported 9 students of the Bachelor program in computer science in processing their project internship.

According to the route planning solution SAP® Dispatching and Planning by PROLOGA the task was to analyse the requirements of a modern route and district planning and prototypically implement the results in a web application.

Based on the requirements of PROLOGA the participants created a blue print document and became acquainted with the programming guidelines for SAP® UI5. After that the students created a web application, in which the basic functions of a route and district planning have been mapped. The project was presented to the managing directors of PROLOGA. On 31/03/2016 the project results have been successfully presented at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.

The compiled results will be used for further products of PROLOGA and help to increase the user friendliness as well as to open up new areas of application (e.g. use on mobile devices).

Team leader of the project was Benjamin Diedering. The project was supervised by Dr. Gabrisch (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) and Mark Patzlaff (PROLOGA GmbH).

Turning Garbage into Growth the Future City way with SAP

There are three core problems that affect waste management systems: no end-to-end control, processes and information trapped in silos, and an inability to respond and plan in real-time to scenarios. SAP and PROLOGA, to address many of the challenges around this industry and help Africa´s urban regions to create a cleaner environment, resulting in less littering and proactive beautification of the area.

Quality improvement for all photos – again a manual process is replaced by an automatic process. The app determines the best settings for a photo.

That means – once the application can read the meter reading, the photo is taken. This ensures the best quality of the photo including an meter reading value which is also readable by the agent in the office!

International SAP Conference for Utilities

PROLOGA is pleased to be a standard sponsor of the upcoming International SAP Conference for Utilities, taking place in The Hague, Netherlands on 11-13 April this year.

With over 800 delegates from across the international utilities industry this will once again be a truly global conference for IT and business professionals. It will address the unique business requirements of the utilities industry, and will be packed with opportunities to hear visionary keynotes, learn from peers via real life case studies, discover SAP’s utility industry solution strategy, and network with the global industry.

Following a huge success of the 2015 event, where 99% of attendees rated the conference as “Good” to “Excellent” and 96% of attendees said that the mix of topics was “Good” to “Excellent”, there is no doubts that this will be a high standard, quality event.

Event Highlights:

• A range of pre-conference workshops allowing you to dive deep into SAP’s utility industry solution portfolio• Inspiring industry keynotes and thought leadership• The latest strategy, insight and solution overviews from SAP’s executive and solution teams• Customer case studies from a diverse range of international utility organisations – discover their successes, challenges, business drivers and business benefits• A multitude of networking opportunities – nowhere else will you have the opportunity to meet SAP leadership, solution experts, customers, and partners, all in one place at one time• An interactive agenda, with live demos, micro-forums, world café, and other interactive learning opportunities• A vibrant exhibition of SAP partners – discover the latest solutions and services on offer

In a complex and demanding market, utility organisations must transform their enterprise software landscape in order to deliver world class customer service, simplify operations, and execute a holistic corporate strategy. Don’t miss this opportunity to gather with the global utilities industry in The Hague and understand that power of SAP software in driving the digital utility.Our 2016 event will once again be co-located with the International SAP Conference for Oil and Gas, giving you an unrivalled opportunity to meet and gather cross-industry best practice from over 1200 senior executives in the wider energy industry.

For more information and to register, visit www.tacook.com/iuc2016 or contact T.A. Cook on +44 (0) 121 200 3810 and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We look forward to meeting you in The Hague this April!

PROLOGA at the graduate fair Middle Germany 2015

Graduate fair Middle Germany 2015 – PROLOGA was back again

On the 17th of November 2015 the graduate fair Middle Germany took place in Leipzig for the seventh time. Around 1.000 students, graduates and professionals attended this central and university independent recruitment fair. The event was complemented by an extensive program of about 30 events on the subjects application, job entry and career in Middle Germany.

PROLOGA was represented at a joint booth of the Cluster IT Middle Germany and informed about their portfolio and job vacancies in the company.

Qualified and committed employees are always welcome at PROLOGA. Start with us in your future!

More information about the graduate fair Middle Germany can be found here.

For more information about job opportunities at PROLOGA, please click Careers.

ONEE relies on On-Site Billing in the water supply

ONEE relies on On-Site Billing in the water supply

Water is a precious commodity in Morocco – so it is even more important to deal with it responsibly and to transparently map all processes related to the water supply and adapt them to current customer needs. The Moroccan water company ONEE Branche Eau has realized this and opted for SAP Mobile On-Site Billing for SAP Utilities by PROLOGA, in order to optimize the processes related to the reading and billing of the water consumption and to reduce the costs.

Especially in the light of the partly long distances in the supply area, this is an interesting topic. With SAP Mobile On-Site BillingONEE is able to avoid the previously time consuming delivery of invoices to the customers and the delayed cash flow that goes along with it. The experience has shown that the various processes, such as the recording, transfer and checking of meter readings will proceed significantly faster and easier than before. Invoices can be immediately created and delivered to the customer; the payment process is accelerated accordingly. It is also possible to document local issues at the point of consumption directly. This has the advantage to detect consumption variances early and to be able to react quickly.

In addition to saving financial and human resources by optimizing the reading and billing process, ONEE also benefits from increased customer satisfaction and consumer confidence when using SAP Mobile On-Site Billing.

EU-wide harmonization of the gas sector puts new requirements on IT-supported business processes

SAP Energy Data Management

EU-wide harmonization of the gas sector puts new requirements on IT-supported business processes

The energy policy of the European Union pursues the objective of an EU-wide, unified gas market. By the intended liberalization and harmonization of the single markets the competitive pressure increases, since formerly nationally operating companies get active also abroad. Moreover, there is a need for action for the gas companies in order to implement the European regulatory requirements at the IT level. Especially in Eastern Europe there is a high demand for efficient solutions to implement business processes duly and market role-specifically in the respective SAP system.

Germany takes a pioneering role here. An example for that is the basic model for compensatory payments and accountancy rules in the gas sector (GABi Gas 2.0). In many European countries market roles such as Distribution System Operators, Transport System Operators or Suppliers are already defined, but there is a high need for adaptation, for example in case of the network codex of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG). In addition, increasing quality demands regarding data exchange processes between the various market partners arise, which further increase the requirements for the SAP Energy Data Management (SAP EDM). So flexible solutions for the implementation of business processes to the SAP EDM are needed, that are compliant to the market role specific rules of the companies in the gas sector. On the one hand such solutions must ensure the energy supply, on the other hand they must enable the companies a transparent cost control and high data quality.

Sustainable allocation managementIn some countries Distribution System Operators need regulatory required functionalities to perform a correct allocation determination in order to identify the temperature-dependent daily consumption of customers that are not interval metered. For this purpose coefficients for different customer groups, calendar information and temperature data are required. Therefore weather data can automatically be downloaded from a weather data service provider and transferred to the SAP EDM for a proper calculation of the consumption.

The increased demands are particularly evident by the EU regulation that requires to convert the gas consumption from cubic meters to kWh performing a Technical Quantity Determination (TQD) based on the calorific value and the gas volume. This represents a major challenge for many Distribution System Operators. Since several grids with different calorific values can inject into one interconnection point with a different network in behind, the Distribution System Operator must convert the received data. For this, a comprehensive calorific value management is needed. Apart from the data import and the calorific value determination, a calorific value management must also include updating processes for billing and reference calorific values. The possibility to calculate the compressibility by a complete molar gas analysis is also of advantage, insofar as this is allowed by the technical equipment of the Distribution System Operator. In this way a conversion of the operating volume of the gas into the standard volume can be made and afterwards the amount of energy can be determined automatically. A calculation of the conversion factor is also necessary for the following processes.

Representation of the grid topologyFor the Transport System Operator (TSO) on the other hand, the representation of real existing network interconnection points such as transfer stations between two grids or entry- and exit points at gas storages is important in order to plan the gas supply as efficiently as possible. Therefore you need a comprehensive capacity and nomination management that enables the TSO to represent the current grid situation. For this purpose information concerning the capacity situation at the respective interconnection points must be available, such as the particular, technically maximum capacity and the capacity booked per shipper or supplier.

The focus of the gas supplier is the adequate supply of the customers who are bound by contract. To that end the required amounts of energy per market area must be nominated at the virtual trading point. In order to ensure high-quality data here, the forecast of the expected gas consumption as well as the validation of the time series received from the market partner is essential.

Avoidance of double settlementsIn order to meet these complex requirements, PROLOGA has developed the solution “SAP EDM, add-on for gas regulatory compliance“ specifically for companies in the gas sector. It is an enhancement of the SAP IS-U and maps the functions of the allocation, nomination, capacity or balancing group management, among others via intuitive functions. The solution also provides utility companies with comprehensive monitoring functionalities to analyze the master data quality.

For balancing group managers, the solution provides a balancing group monitor that displays the received settlement results in a graphical and hierarchical form. Incoming messages regarding the balancing group status are processed automatically. Furthermore, many other gas-specific market communication formats, e.g. defined by EDIG@S like CAPNOT, CAPRES, DELORD, DELRES, IMBNOT, NOMINT, NOMRES, TRANOT or SSQNOT, are integrated.

By the complete integration in SAP IS-U, the “SAP EDM, add-on for gas regulatory compliance by PROLOGA“ ensures consistent business processes and allows gas companies the efficient implementation of regulatory requirements, in order to remain competitive with customer-oriented processes, even in the liberalized, EU-wide harmonized gas market.

PROLOGA supports DEWA in the implementation of the SAP platform

PROLOGA supports DEWA in the implementation of the SAP platform

In November 2013, the United Arab Emirates won their application to host the Expo 2020. Since 2008/2009 DEWA is in a 3-stage implementation of the SAP platform into the company.

In the light of the Expo 2020, the focus of the current SAP implementation phase is the fulfillment of customer needs and the provision of sustainable digital services.

Under the slogan “Creating the Future”, a Smart City project was initiated. Part of this project is the installation of an Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) for more than 1.500.000 smart meters in Dubai. PROLOGA supports the Expo host in the preparation, planning and implementation of the smart meter roll-out.

First PROLOGA Energy conference in Halle

Numerous participants from the utility industry accepted the invitation to Halle and attended the first PROLOGA Energy conference from 12th to 13th of November. The focus of the event was the meter point exact excess and shortfall billing. In future this must be done independently and separately from the grid usage billing. For two years now the PROLOGA Energy GmbH deals with the requirement which gets binding now. During the conference the company presented their solution for a meter point exact excess and shortfall billing that is universally applicable in both the gas and the electricity sector. Also customers got a chance to speak – Volker Ulrich, Asset Manager SWS Netze Solingen, told of the experience in implementing the meter point exact excess and shortfall billing separated from the grid usage billing and gave interesting insights into the practice. Since this problem gets relevant for many grid operators on 1st of February 2015, the conference offered the perfect opportunity for a professional exchange and networking.

Especially in the evening of November 12th varying discussions could be led. By a vintage bus the participants were led to historical places of the city and afterwards they completed the first conference day with a common dinner.

After the successful PROLOGA Energy conference this year we can look forward to coming projects for their customers and partners. At the end of the 2nd day the participants were staggered by the wealth of products that PROLOGA holds for their customers, including BSI compliant metering, functional ranges for HANA real-time analysis and the use of modern SAP Fiori user interfaces.

PROLOGA at the graduate fair Middle Germany

PROLOGA at the graduate fair Middle Germany

On the 4th of November 2014 the sixth graduate fair Middle Germany took place at the Congress Center Leipzig. Around 1.200 students, graduates and professionals took advantage of this opportunity and got talking to companies from various industries. PROLOGA was also represented at a joint booth of the Cluster IT Middle Germany and informed about their portfolio and job vacancies in the company. In the afternoon Managing Director Jens Frenzel offered interesting insights into current projects of PROLOGA and illustrated possible fields for young professionals after their education – numerous guests attended his speech „Utilities – An industry goes online“, in which he provided information to a smart metering project in the United Arab Emirates.

The colleagues on site were happy about the great interest of the visitors and were able to establish promising contacts.

With their products and projects PROLOGA offers excellent career prospects in the IT sector and many ways to fulfill oneself. As job starter you have the chance to start your career successfully; skilled professionals have the opportunity to face new and exciting challenges.

For more information about job opportunities at PROLOGA , please click Careers.

PROLOGA extends its range of products and services for the utility industry

PROLOGA extends its range of products and services for the utility industry

With the foundation of PROLOGA Energy in April 2014, the PROLOGA group offers an enhanced range of services for the utility industry in addition to its inventory solutions.

Originally specialized in the development and implementation of software solutions for the waste disposal industry, PROLOGA has supplemented its product range by solutions for the utilities sector over the last few years. Founding PROLOGA Energy the company extends its product portfolio in the utilities environment again. Additionally, PROLOGA Energy offers consulting and development services of the SAP platform for SAP CRM, SAP IS-U/CCS, SAP EDM and at IDEX.

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Neoenergia – Successful project start

Neoenergia – Successful project start

The license agreement with Neoenergia, one of the largest private investors in the electricity sector, was already completed in June 2012. Meanwhile, the project for the implementation of the Mobile On-Site Billing solution was started successfully.

Since October, the responsible employees of PROLOGA are in a lively exchange with the Brazilian colleagues in order to specify requirements and develop appropriate solutions. During constructive workshops on-site, process steps could be defined and individual customer needs could be considered.

Besides AES Eletropaulo, Neoenergia is already the second Brazilian company, which chooses Mobile On-Site Billing and thus can benefit from the numerous advantages of the solution: Meter reading data are captured in a transparent and cost-efficient way; the invoices are generated on-site and delivered to the customer immediately. Costly and labor-intensive workflows are a thing of the past. Not least, the optimization of the meter reading and billing process results in an increased customer satisfaction.

The customers will soon be able to get an idea of the benefits of the Mobile On-Site Billing solution. The current cooperation with Neoenergia shows that it is profitable to trust in the know-how of PROLOGA – the project is on schedule, so that the implementation phase can already be started at the end of this year.

About Neoenergia S/A

The companies of the Neoenergia group operate throughout the entire chain of production, transmission, marketing and distribution of energy. The group consists of 26 companies, which are located in 12 states of the country, and employs 5.137 direct employees and 19.890 contractors. It is the third largest private investor in the Brazilian energy sector with investments amounting to R$ 20.4 trillions since the founding in 1997.

Doing a good deed: PROLOGA arranges blood donation

Doing a good deed: PROLOGA arranges blood donation

According to the motto „Show courage, donate blood“, a blood donation was organized in the premises of PROLOGA on November 30th, 2012.

Many colleagues and family members were convinced to take part in the event – not least because of the short way and the fact that the blood donation was made possible during the working hours.

The diligent members of the blood donation center of the University Hospital Halle cared for our brave participants. The University Hospital is grateful for a lot of new stored blood and the donors are glad to have done a good deed. All organizers can be very satisfied with the smooth execution of the blood donation.

The response was very high – more than 45% of the PROLOGA employees donated their blood in order to help other people and save lives in this way.

Among the donors were even 16 people who donated their blood for the first time. The University Hospital would be glad if this was not the last time and many of them would continue donating blood.

We would like to thank all the donors and helpers for this successful event and we hope that many colleagues were encouraged to do further good deeds in the future.

PROLOGA sponsors 16th Inter-University Seminar for Doctoral Students

PROLOGA sponsors 16th Inter-University Seminar for Doctoral Students

From November 9th-10th, 2012 the 16th Inter-University Seminar for Doctoral Students in the field of business informatics took place at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Besides representatives from the universities of Chemnitz, Dresden, Freiberg, Leipzig, Ilmenau, Jena and Halle-Wittenberg, the seminar also attracted private companies. PROLOGA, represented by Jens Frenzel, thus not only appeared as a sponsor of the event but used the opportunity to open up interesting discussions with some of the participants.

The seminar primarily functions as a platform for the presentation and discussion of dissertation themes as well as current research projects and research results in business informatics. Topics such as business process management, decision support or operations research were on the agenda this year. Moreover, PROLOGA gave a short introduction into their activities and thus was able to provide interesting insights into the practice of an IT service company.

The exchange of knowledge and experience during such a seminar brings great benefit for all participants – as bridge between theory and practice, the seminar also provides the opportunity to develop joint research ideas. Therefore, we will continue to support such events in the future.

SAP Silver Quality Award for the 1SAP4ALL Project of Attero

Attero Silver Award Winner in the Netherlands

With the "SAP Quality Award" SAP honors customers and their implementation partners in the economic area EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) who have shown outstanding achievements in the planning and realization of SAP implementation projects and have implemented complex technical business process standards/requirements.

By the introduction of SAP® Waste and Recycling, the Dutch disposal company Attero has raised the productivity of the company, improved the interaction with the customers and so has set the course for a successful future.

The awarding of the Silver Quality Award in the category Large Implementations certifies the effective realization of the SAP quality principles within the Attero project 1SAP4ALL, which was accomplished with the implementation partners PROLOGA and Ciber. Besides, a very well structured project realization as well as an optimized implementation of the project allowed the development of a significant benefit and a rapid added value.

Sustainable, innovative, reliable, and adaptable - these are the core values of the Dutch company that has made "energy from waste" its motto. At their 15 locations more than 800 people manufacture the waste of about 40% of Dutch households. In addition, each year 3.4 million tons of industrial waste is recycled. Here the recovery of recyclable materials and the conversion of waste streams into renewable energy have priority. In the Netherlands, the company is among the largest producers of biogas.

Alliander optimized processes with SAP Smart Meter Roll-out

Alliander optimized processes with SAP Smart Meter Roll-out

Alliander, the largest operator of electricity and gas networks in the Netherlands, has successfully gone live after only 7 months of project duration with the SAP Smart Meter Roll-Out solution. In future, the company will implement the exchange of conventional electric and gas meters with smart meters by using the planning software.

The aim of the project was the implementation of a software tool, which allows the creation of a particular plan for the exchange of approximately 5.4 million meters taking into account several rollout scenarios. It was necessary to consider both different data sources as well as integrating an external GIS database.

The decision to implement the SAP Smart Meter Roll-Out solution was based on the effortless integration into the current IT infrastructure and especially on the convincing specification of the software.

About Alliander

With over 2.8 million customers Alliander NV is the largest operator of electricity and gas grids in the Netherlands. Besides the operation of the grids, the modernization of these grids is an essential part of the forward-looking energy strategy of the company. Alliander sets great value upon the development of an intelligent infrastructure and the supply from renewable energy sources.

Neoenergia - Second Mobile On-Site Billing deal in Brazil

Second Mobile On-Site Billing deal in Brazil

The successful implementation of the Mobile On-Site Billing solution with the corresponding Go-Live in May 2012 for the Brazilian electric utility AES was apparently convincing. Now one of the largest private investors in the electricity sector has also chosen the solution. As the licence deal was already concluded in June, the project for implementing the software starts in October 2012. The software will initially be launched at 3 locations. The aim is to provide the customers with even higher quality of services at the lowest possible prices, with a high operational and financial performance at the same time. This can be achieved by the generated savings and optimization potential, which the solution offers.

The decision for the solution Mobile On-Site Billing of PROLOGA and the choice of SAP Brazil - Accenture and PROLOGA as implementation partners prove that utilities worldwide trust in the shared know-how and service portfolio of both companies.

About Neoenergia S/A

The companies of the Neoenergia group operate throughout the entire chain of production, transmission, marketing and distribution of energy. The group consists of 26 companies, which are located in 12 states of the country, and employs 5.137 direct employees and 19.890 contractors. It is the third largest private investor in the Brazilian energy sector with investments amounting to R$ 20.4 trillions since the founding in 1997.

Attero relies on SAP® Waste & Recycling

Attero relies on SAP® Waste & Recycling

One more time SAP® Waste & Recycling is supporting the business processes of a Dutch waste management company.

One of the highlights of this implementation is the following: With the component SAP® Treatment and Disposal for Waste & Recycling, the company is now able to perform non-stop (24/7) unmanned weighings using chip cards in the incinerator. Of course a manual weighing by a weighing master is still possible. The feasibility of an uncomplicated authorities report as well as the smooth import and export of weigh bills are additional advantages of the solution.

More than 10.000 weighings have been successfully performed to this day and there are more every hour.

More information about the product SAP® Waste & Recycling can be found here.

About Attero

Sustainable, innovative, reliable and adaptable – these are the core values of the Dutch company, which has made "Energy from waste" its motto. At 15 locations more than 800 employees handle the waste of approximately 40% of the Dutch households. In addition, 3.4 tons industrial waste are recycled each year. Here the focus is on the recovery of recyclable materials and the conversion of waste streams into renewable energies. The company is among the largest producers of biogas in the Netherlands.

Mobile On-Site Billing - First Go-Live in São Paulo, Brazil

Mobile On-Site Billing - First Go-Live in São Paulo, Brazil

A new milestone has been achieved. The first completed project in the utilities environment has successfully gone live on May 3, 2012.

„Mobile On-Site Billing“, which is an enhancement for SAP IS-Utilities, offers great opportunities for AES Eletropaulo as one of the largest Brazilian utilities. The company is now able to capture their process data more efficient and more cost-effective. In addition, the invoices for the customer can be provided immediately with the meter reading on site. In the first step 450.000 customers will receive their billing in this way. As of July 2012, the number of customers will probably rise to 1.2 million.

"This new project allows a greater interaction between the meter reader and the customer, where billing questions can be answered directly at handover.", says Mario Roberto Di Nardo, Executive Director of AES Eletropaulo. Another advantage for the customer is that the energy consumption, which is displayed on the meter, can be instantly matched with the data on the invoice.

The successful implementation of the solution is a further evidence for the constructive cooperation between the subsidiaries of SAP – in this case, SAP Brazil and PROLOGA. By the continuous, transnational collaboration it was possible to overcome the previously critical processes in the billing area successfully. Other energy utilities have already evinced interest in the solution „Mobile On-Site Billing“.

"The Mobile On-Site Billing solution is an innovative system and example for the integration of the mobility strategy into the SAP platform; it opens the doors to further developments in this area, and indicates our unrestricted commitment to the customers in the areas of business and IT ", said Alejandro Erro, Director of the Department of Utilities, SAP Brazil.

Read more about our product „Mobile On-Site Billing“ and find out more about all the benefits of this solution, which is specifically customized to the requirements of electricity, gas and water utilities.

About AES Eletropaulo

AES Eletropaulo is one of the largest electric utilities in Latin America. The company supplies electricity for 24 municipalities in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, including the capital with 16.5 million inhabitants. The concession area of the company covers 4.526 km² and concentrates the most important socio-economic regions of the country with 6.1 million customers.

SAP® Mobile Application Management Training

Based on our recent product SAP® Mobile Application Management by PROLOGA the training imparted both the general basic structure and the functionality of the product. The participants from Brazil, Germany, USA, Canada and South Africa were enthusiastic about the presentation of practical application examples and the opportunity to contribute to the creation of an application. They also spoke in high terms of the consistently good to excellent presentation performance of our speakers.

We are looking forward to welcome you at one of our next events.

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SAP Conference for Utilities

SAP Conference for Utilities

April PROLOGA supports the IBU of SAP on SAP Conference for Utilities in Madrid.

Visit the stand of the IBU and find out about the use SAP® Mobile Application Management for your company.

SAP Utilities’ Day Switzerland

SAP Utilities’ Day Switzerland

The IBU of SAP and PROLOGA introduce the first time in the German-speaking area their approach for the conversion of "mobil strategy" of SAP in the section of utilities on the utilities’ day, on the 31st of May in Aarau.

Via a technical platform and belonging to an Utility Specific content, the support of SAP partners and customers occurs by the realization of the individual strategies for mobile business processes.

Utilities Summit Barcelona

Utilities Summit Barcelona

On the 9th of March, the IBU of SAP and PROLOGA introduce on the Utilities Summit their strategy for the conversion of "mobility strategy" of SAP, in Barcelona.

Via a technical platform and belonging to an Utility Specific content, the support of SAP partners and customers occurs by the realization of the individual strategies for mobile business processes.

SAP Forum 2012 – 13th-15th of March São Paulo, Brazil

SAP Forum 2012 – 13th-15th of March São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo, 13. März 2012 – SAP Forum events offer focused and highly customer-driven interactive presentations and discussions. One of the main topics of the three-day forum in São Paulo, Brazil is the presentation of innovations in the field of mobile solutions.

In line with these innovations, Eduardo Amorin, Technology Director of AES Brazil, presented their current project under the title „Your Business Anywhere, Anytime and With Any Equipment“ – the implementation of the SAP Mobile On-Site Billing by PROLOGA solution at AES Eletropaulo. With almost 6 Million customers AES Eletropaulo is one of the major utility companies in the federal state of São Paulo.

The SAP Mobile On-Site Billing solution optimizes business processes of utility companies e.g. in offering an on-site billing function. Invoices can be printed directly after the meter reading on portable printers and handed immediately to the customer. Data are automatically transferred to the backend system avoiding error-prone manual data entries at the end of the day. Opposed to Germany, meter readings in Brazil are executed once a month. The newly implemented solution therefore does not only reduce processing time but may contribute to substantial cost savings.

The solution is implemented under the aegis of SAP Brasil with PROLOGA supporting on and offsite. The implementation has already aroused interest with other utility companies.

A special gift before Christmas

A special gift before Christmas in the elementary school Bertold Brecht in the south of Halle

In the best time of the year PROLOGA pleases the elementary school in the Hanoier Straße.

On the 21st of November 2011 we handed over to the head mistress Mrs. Hohenstein and her secretary Mrs. Schwarz 19 computer and 15 monitors for the computer and recreational rooms of the school. The head mistress Mrs. Hohenstein was very glad about our donation. At the moment the elementary school is visited by 210 students from class 1 to 4. The unfavorable situation of the school, makes it not quite easy to the teachers to prepare the students on the coming duties of the life.

A better basic education in computer technology is the absolute condition because here gigantic accumulated needs exist. Many students use their computers primarily as pastime with playing and surfing and mostly do not know how to serve a PC else or even the easiest grounding are absent.

The new computers offer therefore a perfect condition to form the computer lessons as clearly as possible and offer a better learning possibility to the students.

Award for extraordinary effort

Award for extraordinary effort

Halle. 01. of November 2011. Yearly „the best of the best trainees“ are honored all over the country for their distinguished efforts by The Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) – District Halle Dessau. In this year these were the 59 best from 29 occupations in the vocational and advanced training.

In the context of the best honor of the IHK, Carola Schaar (IHK president) and Stephan Dorgerloh (minister of education of Saxony-Anhalt) congratulated on the distinguished final achievements of the trainees this year. One of our former trainees, Hannes Weise, was awarded, in the in Halle taking place national honor, for his excellent exam results. Hannes Weise receives this special honoring for the Best of class in his qualified job as an IT-system-electronics engineer.

We are glad that it this time one of our graduates, in the IHK district Halle Dessau, has accomplished it. After his 3-year training in our company, we could take Hannes Weise in an employment relationship, because of his very good achievements.

We congratulate Hannes Weise quite cordially for this special honor and wish him all the best and furthermore a lot of success.

A successful partnership AES and SAP

A successful partnership AES and SAP

The AES Eletropaulo from Brazil invest about 6.000.000 $ in a new account system for a better and more exact billing and invoice writing.

„This product allows a comfortable billing on-site about the innovative integration of the Mobility-Strategy with the whole SAP platform, the extensive program opens us doors for further developments in the close future and strengthens therefore our unlimited engagement for the distribution in all business areas“.

said Alejandro Erro, manager for the utilities of SAP Brazil.

Before end of the year, 200.000 consumers should be equipped with the new system to get their printed out invoices immediately delivered while reading the meter readers on-site. It is the intention to attend and to wind up in 2 years around 5.5 million customers, in the low-voltage area, with the developed system of SAP and AES.

10th anniversary of the company PROLOGA GmbH [2001 – 2011]

A company anniversary is always a special highlight in the today's fast business life. Since 2001 we develop as an IT- and branch specialist individual solutions. Besides, with a network of professionals from different divisions we support our customers to achieve their business objectives. Hence, 10 years are a good reason and important occasion to celebrate and to thank the colleagues and partners for the good cooperation.

To our 10th anniversary we spent the week-end in the nice cathedral and Rhine city Cologne where we had many unforgettable moments. If it is the shred hunt through Cologne or Phantasialand with its countless attractions and subject areas – we have felt comfortable and spent a nice time.

In this sense we thank all who have made this anniversary possible.

We wish you and us for the next 10 years furthermore a lot of luck and success.

Apprenticeship at PROLOGA

We've all got to start small

Halle. 11th of July 2011. After a training period of 3 years the trainees of the PROLOGA GmbH took their final examination in the division of Professional informatics in front of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce - District Halle Dessau. Today after successfully passing the final examination 4 trainees were officially dismissed by their colleagues. Goal of the PROLOGA is a practically oriented education and an untimely integration of the trainees in the business daily routine. The trainees dismissed now have also already co-operated during their education in international projects or independently arranged projects.

Two trainees could be taken on in an employment because of their really good efforts during their education. Besides sincere congratulations and wishes for a furthermore successful future, the trainees received their education reports and a small present.

Top achievement by innovations

Top Achievement by Innovations

June 2011 – We are glad to be able to announce our first successful end for one of our newest products „Mobile On-Site Billing“. The solution will support the commercial processes of a big utility company in Brazil. The presentation wishes brought to us during the last weeks and months show that the international inquiry is big and that we have recognized and implemented the signs of time with this solution.

Mobile On-Site Billing by PROLOGA is especially aligned to the demands of electric, gas and water distribution companies. This means, with Mobile On-Site Billing by PROLOGA you have all your metering and working processes, for which your company needs days or weeks at the moment, finished in only few minutes. With us you have all information at the right place and at the right time and you can transmit your invoices to the customer without cost-intensive mail. This is not only a huge time profit for your company, but also you can offer furthermore an optimum customer service to be successful in the future. Read more about Mobile On-Site Billing by PROLOGA and find out how one can implement as quickly as possible your metering processes optimally. You find other useful and innovative solutions on our product sides.

Don´t go unnecessary detours anymore but rather use the direct and efficient way with us.

8. Internationale SAP Utilities Conference 2011 (IUC 2011)

8. Internationale SAP Utilities Conference 2011 (IUC 2011)

The 8th SAP International Utilities Conference opens on April 12 until 14 April the doors in Mannheim. About 1,200 highly skilled experts and professionals in the utilities and waste industry come together, from all over the world to discuss global trends and developments in the waste and recycling and electricity industry, gas and water utilities, but as well to exchange and to pass important knowledge. More than 40 exhibitors and 16 SAP Solution Demo Pods are available to companies and partners.

Also PROLOGA GmbH will be represented at the Utilities Conference with a presentation stand. In addition to the already established components SAP Waste & Recycling, new software solutions for the utilities sector, such as SAP Smart Meter Rollout by PROLOGA the solution and Mobile On-Site Billing will be presented. While the SAP Smart Meter Rollout solution is designed specifically for the problem of the mass rollout of smart meters the Mobile On-Site Billing solution by PROLOGA , will support the flexibility of your business processes.

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